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Old 4th-May-2008, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by karmakop View Post
There’s a program in the U.S. called Energy Star– it certifies homes and appliances for cutting their energy consumption anywhere from 15 to 40%. I don’t think they expected it, but we may have found the first entire city that qualifies: Juneau, Alaska, cut power consumption by 30% this month.

Daily Herald | Alaskan city forced to cope with sudden energy shortage
Pity, in a way, that it took extreme weather to force the issue.
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